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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5902580" data-attributes="member: 9037">We have a very story oriented game and we don't keep things vague. The PCs have contacts in various areas. Some missions don't make sense for anyone else to be doing it as well. The PCs belong to a secret organization fighting to release Bahmut from death and stop Tiamat and Hextra. There is betrayal around every corner there is no way the party would take in a stranger who just happened to be there. I have ways to bring in new characters if needed but I would be hard pressed to come up with a reason every session.We do backgrounds differently the more background you give me the more I weave it into the game. Nobody does the I am fighter from the village of Barrow's Edge. Some are short stories I have a couple of really good writers who put it in story form which I totally enjoy. Some just give me a few paragraphs of highlights. Also what there PCs goals are at this moment. Since you don't sit at my table I don't think  you are in any position to tell me how my players feel in a combat session. They are always worried in combat if it is a tough fight. They have suffered at my hands with losing a member of the team. They were captured and tortured for information and to escape they had to leave most of their goodies behind. So they are well aware of how bad it can get. They lost a fight and the village they were protecting was razed they only managed to save five people. One of the PCs lost everything his child hood friends, family and girlfriend. They felt that loss keenly.Death is far from the only way to give your players consequences for losing a combat. But for those to work the players have to be invested in the world and care about more than just getting loot and leveling. My players have told me that not saving the village stung more than if they had been TPKed.</blockquote>

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